Sentences with phrase «advanced high school coursework»

The Texas Instruments Nspire CX CAS graphing calculator features advanced functionality for students taking advanced high school coursework and university students in math, science and engineering classes.

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Increasing access to advanced science coursework in high school and the early years of post-secondary school can improve chances of students — most notably girls — entering these fields.

High school: college, career, or military readiness, including AP, IB, enlisting in the military, dual enrollment, industry certification, and advanced coursework

For high schools: accelerated or dual coursework (like AP or IB); share of students completeing a world language, fine arts, CTE or advanced course; share of students showing college or career readiness through entrance into technical college, or achievement on various advanced courses.

For high schools: college - and career - readiness, as measured by advanced coursework, industry certification, or apprenticeship programs.

The fundamental concept of Advanced Placement, after all, is to provide able - enough high school students with college - level coursework that, if successfully mastered, can actually yield them credit as they enter the ivy walls.

At the high school level, other indicators such as four - year graduation rates and success in college - and career - ready coursework, including Advanced Placement, IB, or industry certification classes, should be added.

To help those students, Quitman County has joined other rural districts to form the Mississippi Public School Consortium for Educational Access to provide advanced coursework for all high school students, regardless of where they live or their family circumstSchool Consortium for Educational Access to provide advanced coursework for all high school students, regardless of where they live or their family circumstschool students, regardless of where they live or their family circumstances.

Alex Guzman and Kate Fishman, two high school seniors attending the board meeting, reported getting between five - to - seven hours of sleep because of challenging coursework, including a number of Advance Placement classes.

Research has shown that high school students who complete Advanced Placement (AP) coursework are significantly more likely to be successful in college.

Measures the percentage of juniors and seniors in high school who complete broad and challenging coursework — including Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and honors courses — in order to incentivize participation in rigorous coursework and to reduce equity gaps among student subgroups enrolled in advanced Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and honors courses — in order to incentivize participation in rigorous coursework and to reduce equity gaps among student subgroups enrolled in advanced advanced courses.

The Joyce Foundation seeks to help low - income and minority K - 12 students get a head start on college and career through advanced college coursework opportunities in high school, career planning, and more seamless transitions from high school to college.

His professional development interests and expertise include co-teaching, backwards design, performance assessment, effective instructional practices, new teacher mentoring and induction, and supporting middle and high schools establish course placement norms to help students access advanced - level coursework.

Honors classes, which are available in all high schools, seek to provide opportunities to build on the individual student strengths, develop critical and creative thinking skills, and prepare students for advanced coursework.

This will include state and district efforts and research that would help more low - income high school students and students of color participate in dual enrollment and Advanced Placement coursework to earn transferable college credit.

She has developed numerous partnerships between public schools, non-profits, higher education institutions, businesses, foundations, and industry in order to bolster student achievement and success that increased participation in after school programs, increased high school graduation rates, college enrollment rates, access to and achievement in advanced and rigorous coursework for historically underserved youth.

Students can graduate with a Regents or Advanced Regents Diploma and our school places special emphasis on completing the required coursework and tests to earn an Advanced Regents Diploma, based on the belief that students meeting this higher standard will be prepared to successfully enroll and pass entry - level college coursework.

We grant advanced credit for the successful completion of college - level coursework while in high school and for high school achievement on Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), and College - Level Examination Prograadvanced credit for the successful completion of college - level coursework while in high school and for high school achievement on Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), and College - Level Examination PrograAdvanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), and College - Level Examination Program exams.

Every year, however, millions of high school students — disproportionately from low - income and minority backgrounds — are denied access to such opportunities, whether it is because their schools lack the resources to offer such courses, because their teachers haven't recommended them for advanced coursework, because their test scores fall below a certain benchmark, or for some other reason (Mathews, 1998; Oakes et al., 2000; Schmidt et al., 2015; Solorzano & Ornealas, 2004; Tyson, 2013).

On average, states include school quality or student success indicators as approximately 14 percent of elementary and middle school ratings and 26 percent of high school ratings.27 Prior to ESSA, these types of indicators similarly averaged around 20 percent of school classification systems.28 Notably, two plans — Washington, D.C.'s and North Dakota's — include measures of school quality or student success as more than 50 percent of high school ratings.29 The bulk of these measures are college - and career - readiness indicators, such as performance on the SAT, ACT, or ACT WorkKeys; participation or performance in advanced coursework; and earning industry - recognized credentials.

Although the impact of poverty certainly should be acknowledged, some of the challenges of high - poverty schools — less - qualified teachers, staff turnover, fewer resources, or limited access to advanced coursework — are the consequence of policy decisions for which local and state officials should be held accountable.

The secret to 21st Centurys success is two-fold: the school holds students to a high standard and it utilizes the community college resources in the city rather than offering expensive advanced coursework at its own school.

They will give families measures of school performance that extend beyond reading and math: telling them how students are doing in science and career and vocational education, for example, and what percentage of high - schoolers are successfully completing Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate coursework.

Advanced Placement coursework and testing plays a large role in the high school experiences and college application processes of many students across the United States and across the world.